malpaso Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 After three months, mainly trying to achieve a reasonable finish, I have completed the second of 2021's Christmas presents. As I was aiming at 1 completion a month, I am somewhat behind schedule. Anyway, this was a present from my in-laws. Tamiya's rather nice kit of the Heritage 370z. As usual with Tamiya it went together easily, most of the problems are of my own making. Negative points: A few inclusions in the paint or clear that still show after multiple reworks, at some point you have to call it a day A palmprint appears in the roof strip in certain lighting! I think it must be several layers of clear down as it won't polish out. A crack in the roof black stripe, as the decals are thick but brittle, and very grabby The black stripes are slightly pearlescent in certain lights - I clearly didn't clean my airbrush out sufficiently after silver before clearing! The orange/silver blanking decals on the headlights curled up and died, so are now absent! The headlight covers are somewhat proud at the front corner. Not sure what is wrong, Tamiya suggest "snapping" into place, but after multiple attempts I gave up as I was worried I would snap the whole thing to pieces in the process. Positive points Apart from the points above, it fits together marvellously The chrome parts are very nice, I oversprayed the door handles and wheels to better match the Heritage Edition. The mirrors look great using the stick on chrome, admittedly the rear view mirror had to be refitted several times due to carelessness. Superb tyres. Its very yellow. Here is the result: Hope you all like the cheery colour scheme! This is the sort of car its essential to wear shades to drive. Despite my moans above I have enjoyed the build, have learned some useful techniques, and have plenty more cars in the stash to apply them to! Cheers Will 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy J Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Nicely done Will looks great to me 🙂👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 AS with many of us, I suspect you are going to be your own harshest critic. I can't see anything wrong with this build - looks good to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neddy Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Beautifully executed model build. Looks just as good underneath as it does up top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 11 hours ago, malpaso said: Its very yellow. ...and it's very nice! Beautiful Z car Will, lovely job!! 👍 Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Lovely! I have a love-hate relationship with yellow paint. I painted my Tamiya 300 ZX Turbo yellow (X-8? or the Zero Paints equivalent!) and somehow didn't spray the front wings enough and now they look decidedly 'murky' compared to the bonnet! I never posted it in the RFI section. Not good enough? I don't know. I keep thinking of masking off the thing and re-covering the wings with more yellow. Anyway, yours looks really smart! Cheers, Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Top job - only positive points to be given 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyg Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Very nice looking Z. First time I've seen this kit built up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 That looks super Will, super enough that I went out & bought one which turned up this morning. They're getting harder to come by now it seems & any from ebay or Japan were getting to be silly money, especially with postage so I went with the cheapest one I could find locally, still pretty spendy for me but spreading payments over 6 weeks makes it more affordable, now to summon up the courage to start this, I think I'm going to have to break my simple airbrush out for the body colours & wheels etc. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Focus on the positive aspects; you have done really well overall! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyChiken Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 It does look smashing, if I didn't have an overflowing stash, I'd get one too. The kind of things you mention as negatives are all part of a normal and challenging build, but can't see any of it on the pictures. I like yellow too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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